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Star Wars‘ Black Series Heads to Hoth with lovely new Toys

As a life-long fan of Star Wars and a lover of toys, Hasbro’s Black Series range should be lethal for my poor wallet – and yet outside of some Stormtroopers I’ve somehow managed to keep myself away from it. That might change soon because TAUNTAUNS AND WAMPAS, OH MY. These new ‘deluxe’ sets – due…

Do Ant-Man Set Photos Reveal An Unlikely Romance?

There are some new guesses about Lupita Nyong’o’s Star Wars character. James Gunn explains why he’s changing Peter Quill’s backstory in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Set video shows even more detail of Batman v. Superman’s take on a classic Batman moment. Plus all about tonight’s Sleepy Hollow. Spoilers now! Top image: Ant-Man Star Wars…

This Wooden All-in-One Neo Geo Arcade System Is an Absolute Work Of Art

The last time we lusted over a cloned video game console it wasn’t some cheap plastic knock-off from Taiwan, it was the Analogue Nt, a perfect NES homage made from a solid block of aluminum. And now the Analogue Nt’s creators are back with a new creation that sees a classic Neo Geo arcade system…

Photo Safari: Zebras

Compared to the other animals in the African bush, the zebra might get overlooked by some. But I think the three zebra species – Plains, Mountain, and Grevy’s – are some of the most visually striking animals in the world. Here are a few zebra photos from my reporting trip to South Africa. Each of…

Music video of lovers melting is really cool but incredibly creepy

Most love songs have music videos where couples kiss, hug, or have sex. This video for the song Luna by South Korean band HEO does the same, except they take it to the extreme thanks to some cool but really creepy special effects. HEO is an electronic music band from South Korea. Luna is one…

A Magnifying Glass Spoon Lets You Spot Even Tiny Flies In Your Soup

When you’re eating at a restaurant, you’re putting a tremendous amount of faith in the kitchen and wait staff that your food will be kept as contaminant-free as possible. But if you’re really worried about an establishment’s hygiene, make sure you’re always carrying Object Solutions’ Magnifying Spoon that lets you inspect your meal up close…

A 5-Year-Old Passed a Microsoft IT Technician Exam

Ayan Qureshi is in many ways a normal young boy. Apart from the fact that, at the age of just five years old, he passed an exam to become the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional ever. Ayan—whose dad happens to be an IT consultant—had to answer a selection of multiple choice, drag-n-drop and scenario-based questions to…

An Entire Day of All of the UK’s Air Travel, Visualized

Every day, around 6,000 flights operate in UK airspace. In this visualisation by NATS, one of the UK’s air traffic control providers, you can see them all in intricate detail. It’s mesmerizing The organization has put together similar visualizations in the past, but this one takes a closer look at some intriguing features of UK…

Google’s Project Loon Now Has a Carrier Working On It Too

Google’s ambitious plan to fill the skies with internet is suddenly looking way more feasible as a reality: the search giant now has a commercial cellular partner working on the project in Australia. The Guardian reports that Google is teaming up with Australia’s Telstra carrier to launch Loon’s biggest test flights yet. The new trials…

Why Sugar Doesn’t Spoil

Two foods are left out on the counter – fresh tomatoes and a bowl of sugar. Within a week or so, one will develop black spots and the other remains pristine, albeit perhaps a little clumpy depending on the humidity of the air. But why? Osmosis. While microorganisms love sugar, they also need a certain…

The Man Who Hears Wi-Fi Signals Wherever He Goes

Frank Swain, who has been going deaf since he was in his twenties, had his hearing aids tweaked so that he could hear Wi-Fi fields wherever he goes. Swain wrote about the experience for New Scientist, describing what has become a regular part of his day. In his first-person account, Swain explains why he’s taken…

This Is How a New Moon Could Form If Something Smashed Into Earth

This dramatic simulation shows how a new moon could be born if something large—about the size of Mars, in fact—slammed into our planet. Spoiler: it causes quite a mess. In fact, what happens is that mantle material, from beneath our planet’s crust, gets blasted into space. Over time that forms into a disc, before cooling…

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Watch Peggy Carter Interrogate Agents of SHIELD‘s Hydra Leader

If there are two things I really love about season 2 of Agents of SHIELD, they are 1) How it’s tying itself into the history of SHIELD and 2) Reed Diamond as Hydra head Daniel Whitehall. Behold, a clip from Tuesday’s episode with both of those things. I’m going to be pretty sad when Diamond’s…

State Department Computer Systems Hit by Hackers

Yesterday, the State Department announced that it’s had to temporarily shut down its email system and public websites following a breach of its computer systems. The Associated Press reports that the security breach didn’t ultimately affect its classified systems. “This has impacted some of our unclassified email traffic and our access to public websites from…

Report: Facebook’s Working on a New “Facebook at Work” Site

Fancy creating a little more distance between your social and professional facades on Facebook? Well, the Financial Times is reporting that Zuckerberg & Co. are working on a new site, called “Facebook at Work,” that will do just that. The newspaper reports that the site will look very much like the Facebook you know and…

Game of Thrones Concept Art Gives Us a Look at Life North of the Wall

Karakter Design Studio, Game of Thrones’ VFX concept art team, has just released a treasure trove of art from season 4. While locations like Braavos (above) and King’s Landing look great, it’s the art from North of the Wall that is the most captivating. Karaktor’s not only put the art online, but there are also…

The Space Station Has 15 Sunsets A Day, And All Are Beautiful

The International Space Station goes through a full day in 92 minutes, each with its own sunrise and sunset. The Earth’s atmosphere acts as a prism, bending rays of sunlight to paint the station in a quick succession of rich colours. Astronaut Butch Wilmore photographed how the light changes on a solar array. https://gizmodo.com/a-timelapse-from-space-with-just-about-everything-1640881321 The…

Rare Set Photos Show James Remar as the Original Dwayne Hicks in Aliens

When Aliens came out in 1986, Michael Biehn played the Marine squad leader Corporal Dwayne Hicks. But before that casting, James Remar (who can be seen most recently in Horns and heard in Destiny, and is lodged in many people’s minds as Harry Morgan in Dexter) filmed a chunk of the part. At the time,…

Mexico Has Its Very Own Tehuantepecer Winds

What happens to all the cold air rushing across the United States when it goes south of the border? Here’s the science behind the Tehuantepecer, a wind unique to just these conditions. http://thevane.gawker.com/your-friday-knowledge-boost-mexicos-powerful-tehuantep-1658880728